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Have just got hold of a calco power tilt. Managed to rewire and get it working. Question is, seem to drain the battery really quick if motor is not running. Is this normal ir do I have a problem? any help would be appreciated.
I'm with upinsmoke. A bad battery may appear to be good, but it is not necessarily true even though it holds 12 amps. The bigger truth behind a bad battery is the length of time that it is able to hold that charge.<br /><br />If you had bad wiring that caused a good battery to drain in a matter of a few seconds, you may also be finding some smoking insulation on your wires.<br /><br />John
Thanks yingling-j, I did have a small amount of smoking from the wires, just thought it was because the motor hadn't been used. Might have to replace all the wiring. Do you know if there is a particular gauge wire I should use
At tis stage it is not on the boat. i just got it last week and have replaced the seals and cleaned it up.Wanted to get it working off the battery before I wired it to the switch.
